Researching Language and Literacy in Social Context
Published on 22. November 1993
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-85359-222-5 (ISBN)
Description
Many professionals and students have a need to make small-scale investigations of talk or reading and writing behaviour - whether as case studies, for coursework, or as part of their own professional development. This volume shows how experienced researchers have approached the tasks and what they have discovered about the social and cultural embeddedness of language and literacy practices. The first section of this book provides an accessible introduction to the nature of ethnography; a discussion of ethical issues in sociolinguistic research; and a step-by-step guide to recording talk and preparing transcripts for analysis. The second section includes ten research studies, chosen for their intrinsic interest, as well as their usefulness in illustrating aspects of methodology, and ways of presenting and analysing empirical data.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-222-5 (9781853592225)
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David Graddol | Janet Maybin | Barry Stierer
Researching Language and Literacy in Social Context
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Persons
David Graddol, Janet Maybin and Barry Stierer are members of the Centre for Language and Communications, School of Education at The Open University.
Content
Preface
Sources
Introduction
PART 1: PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES
1. Martyn Hammersley: Introducing Ethnography
2. D. Cameron, E. Frazer, P. Harvey, M.B.H. Rampton and K. Richardson: The Relations between Researcher and Researched: Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment
3. Joan Swann: Observing and Recording Talk in Educational Settings
4. Eve Gregory: Negotiation as a Criterial Factor in Learning to Read in a Second Language
5. Beverley Naidoo: Through Whose Eyes? Exploring Racism through Literature with White Students
6. A.P. Biggs and Viv Edwards: 'I Treat Them All The Same': Teacher-Pupil Talk in Multi-ethnic Classrooms
7. David Bloome: Reading as a Social Process in a Middle School Classroom
8. Janet Maybin: Children's Voices: Talk, Knowledge and Identity
9. Joan Swann and David Graddol: Gender Inequalities in Classroom Talk
10. Julie Fisher: Unequal Voices: Gender and Assessment
11. Jennifer Coates: No Gap, Lots of Overlap: Turn-taking Patterns in the Talk of Women Friends
12. Meeri Hellsten: Cultural Values in Samish and Australian Children's Literature: A Corpus Linguistic Approach
13. David Barton and Sarah Padmore: Roles, Networks and Values in Everyday Writing
Sources
Introduction
PART 1: PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES
1. Martyn Hammersley: Introducing Ethnography
2. D. Cameron, E. Frazer, P. Harvey, M.B.H. Rampton and K. Richardson: The Relations between Researcher and Researched: Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment
3. Joan Swann: Observing and Recording Talk in Educational Settings
4. Eve Gregory: Negotiation as a Criterial Factor in Learning to Read in a Second Language
5. Beverley Naidoo: Through Whose Eyes? Exploring Racism through Literature with White Students
6. A.P. Biggs and Viv Edwards: 'I Treat Them All The Same': Teacher-Pupil Talk in Multi-ethnic Classrooms
7. David Bloome: Reading as a Social Process in a Middle School Classroom
8. Janet Maybin: Children's Voices: Talk, Knowledge and Identity
9. Joan Swann and David Graddol: Gender Inequalities in Classroom Talk
10. Julie Fisher: Unequal Voices: Gender and Assessment
11. Jennifer Coates: No Gap, Lots of Overlap: Turn-taking Patterns in the Talk of Women Friends
12. Meeri Hellsten: Cultural Values in Samish and Australian Children's Literature: A Corpus Linguistic Approach
13. David Barton and Sarah Padmore: Roles, Networks and Values in Everyday Writing